1922:
Alabama’s first licensed radio station, WSY-AM, went on the air.
1973:
The downtown section of Morris Avenue between 21st and 24th Streets became the first site in Birmingham added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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A look back: April 23
1958:
Basketball player Carl Bailey was born in Birmingham.
2006:
Birmingham Children’s Theatre actor John Hallum died in Birmingham.
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A look back: April 22
1873:
Robert Henley, first Mayor of Birmingham, died in office.
1904:
The castings for Vulcan arrived at the World’s Fair grounds in St Louis.
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1882:
Sloss Furnaces produced its first pig iron.
1988:
The Birmingham Barons played their first game at the Hoover Met.
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A look back: April 17
1961:
Broadway star Rebecca Luker was born in Helena.
1992:
Western swing bandleader Hank Penny died in Camarillo, California.
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A look back: April 16
1946:
Milo Carlton and his wife Bea opened the original Milo’s Hamburgers in Norwood.
1963:
Martin Luther King, Jr completed his “Letter from Birmingham Jail“.
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A look back: April 15
1952:
Actor Glenn Shadix was born in Bessemer.
2006:
SI Reasoning led a “World Tour of Birmingham” as part of the Birmingham International Festival‘s Salute to Japan.
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